Consumer Law Supplemental Materials: Arbitration

Consumer Law

Supplemental Materials on Consumer Arbitration

Assigned reading:

Borowiec v. Gateway 2000, Inc., 808 N.E.2d 957 (Ill. 2004)
Vassilkovska v. Woodfield Nissan, Inc., 814 N.E.2d 887 (Ill. App. 1st Dist. 2004)
Zobrist v. Verizon Wireless, 822 N.E.2d 531 (Ill. App. 5th Dist. 2004)
Mackey v. MBNA America Bank, N.A., 343 F. Supp. 2d 966 (W.D. Wash. 2004)
Jenkins v. First American Cash Advance of Georgia, LLC, 400 F.3d 868 (11th Cir. 2005)

Additional background material (optional):

Outcomes of Arbitration: An Empirical Study of Consumer Lending Cases (Ernst & Young, 2004)
Comments on Ernst & Young Arbitration Outcomes Report (Center for Responsible Lending, Feb. 24, 2005)
Consumers Blindsided by Arbitration Clauses in Credit Card Contracts, National Consumer Law Center Outlook (Spring 2005)
Mark E. Budnitz, The High Cost of Mandatory Consumer Arbitration, 67 L. & Contemp. Probs. 133 (2004)
Paul D. Carrington, Unconscionable Lawyers, 19 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 361 (2002)
Eric J. Mogilnicki & Kirk D. Jensen, Arbitration and Unconscionability, 19 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 761 (2003)